A Manual of the Antiquity of Man

by J. P. MacLean

CONTENTS.

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[CHAPTER I.]
INTRODUCTION.

Interest in the subject—Influence of Lyell—Usher's Chronology—Aimé Boué first to proclaim the high antiquity of man—Dr. Schmerling the founder—Boucher de Perthes the apostle—Classifications by Lubbock, Lartet, Renevier, and Westropp—Plan of the work—No Universal Age of Stone, Bronze, or Iron—Epochs not sharply defined—Outlines of History—Superstitious Notions—Skull from Constatt—Stone hatchet from London—Cavern of Gailenreuth—Axes from Hoxne—Human jaw from Maestricht—Skeleton from Lahr—"Reliquiæ Diluvianæ"—Discoveries by Tournal and Christol—Engis and Enghihoul Caverns—Schmerling's labors—Lyell's opinions—Arrow mark on skull of Cave-Bear—Boucher de Perthes and the Valley of the Somme—Jaw of Moulin-Quignon—Kent's Hole—Fossil Man of Denise—Remains from the Manzanares—Cave of Aurignac—Lyell declares his belief—Lake-Dwellings of Switzerland Neanderthal Skull—Caverns near Torquay—Cave of Massat—Cave of Lourdes—Caverns of Ariége—Tertiary at St. Prest—Implements near Gosport—Bones from Colmar—Implements near Bournemouth—Trou de la Naulette—Bones near Savonia—Reindeer Station—Foreland Cliff—Fossil Man of Mentone—Other Discoveries near Mentone. [11]

[CHAPTER II.]
GLACIAL EPOCH.

Starting point for the investigation—Advance of the ice—Fauna of Europe—Geological Period—Probable Date—Probable Duration—Evidences of the Existence of Man—Implements from Hampshire—Flint tools at Bournemouth—Oval flint from Foreland Cliff—Implements from the Valley of the Somme—Jaw of Moulin-Quignon—Implements from the Seine—Axes near Madrid—Kent's Hole—Brixham Cave—Human jaw from Maestricht—Skeleton from Lahr—Cave of La Naulette—Implements from Hoxne—Bones from Colmar. [25]

[CHAPTER III.]
GLACIAL—CONTINUED.

Belgian Caverns—Caverns of Liége—Engis Skull—Remarks of Prof. Huxley—Views of Busk, Schmerling, Buchner, and Vogt—Neanderthal Skull—Prof. Huxley, Dr. Buchner, and Dr. Fuhlrott on Geological time of Neanderthal Skull—Opinions of Huxley, Buchner, Schaaffhausen, and Busk—Skull from the Loess of the Rhine, Constatt, Cochrane's Cave, Island of Moën, Minsk, and Plau—Borreby Skulls—Human skulls of Arno. [44]

[CHAPTER IV.]
PRE-GLACIAL EPOCHS.